Ventigra™ Technical Information Bulletin Ventigra Insecticide

Ventigra™ Insecticide is a pioneering solution from BASF that provides effective control of potentially devastating piercing-sucking pests in production and landscape ornamentals and vegetable transplants for the home consumer market. Ventigra Insecticide offers a unique mode of action subgroup with no known cross-resistance with key commercial insecticide classes, making it an excellent resistance management tool and an ideal choice for controlling insect pests that have developed resistance to other . Ventigra Insecticide exhibits a favorable environmental profile with low acute toxicity to mammals, fish, birds, insect predators and pollinators. Ventigra Insecticide delivers long-lasting control of problem pests, resulting in clean plants of exceptional quality.

Features of Ventigra Insecticide Benefits of Ventigra Insecticide — Rapid onset of action which stops insect feeding quickly — Effective control at low use rates with low cost per use — Long residual control — Effective and control up to 21 days — Unique MOA subgroup with excellent fit in rotational and — New chemical class and rotational tool for resistance IPM programs management — Compatible with beneficial and mites — Controls strains resistant to existing insecticides — Easily incorporated into many IPM programs

Key Pests Controlled

Application Rate Pest Use Directions fl ozs/100 Gallon

Aphids such as: Ventigra is not a rescue treatment and should be applied at the Cotton/Melon aphid (Aphis spp.) 1.4 onset of pest infestation. Green peach aphid (Myzus spp.) Rose aphid (Macrosiphum spp.) For use in production of vegetable transplants for the home consumer market. such as: DO NOT make applications at intervals shorter than seven days. Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes spp.) 4.8 to 7.0 Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia spp.) DO NOT apply more than the maximum seasonal use rate of 14 fl ozs ofVentigra (0.09 lb afidopyropen ai) per acre per crop Mealybugs such as: season. mealybug ( spp.) For indoor greenhouse use on ornamental plants, DO NOT apply Long-tailed mealybug ( spp.) 4.8 to 7.0 more than the maximum seasonal use rate of 17 fl ozs ofVentigra Suppression of: (0.11 lb afidopyropen ai) per acre per crop season. Mexican mealybug ( gossypii) DO NOT apply more than the annual maximum use rate of 42 fl ozs of Ventigra (0.27 lb afidopyropen ai) per acre per calendar year. Minimum spray carrier volume (per acre): 20 gallons for ground; 5.0 gallons for air.

Scale (nymphs and crawlers): Resistance Management. DO NOT make more than two sequential applications of Ventigra before using an effective insecticide with a Suppression of: 4.8 to 7.0 different mode of action. Euonymus scale (Unaspis spp.) Tea scale (Fiorinia spp.) See Table 3. Dilution Rate Conversion for Ventigra for information on use rates and respective spray volumes. When an adjuvant is to be used with this product, BASF recommends the use of a Chemical Producers and Distributors Association certified adjuvant. Performance and Efficacy

Ventrigra Insecticide controls piercing-sucking insects including , whiteflies, mealybug and has suppression for certain of scale. These key pests cause damage by direct pest feeding injury and the spread of insect-vectored plant diseases. Ventigra Insecticide stops insect feeding quickly, thereby reducing the spread of insect-vectored plant viruses. In addition, Ventigra Insecticide provides long-lasting residual control of piercing-sucking insects.

Melon Aphid (Aphis gossypii) Control on Chrysanthemum Whitefly Control (Bemisia tabaci) on Poinsettia

120 80

100 60 80

60 40

40

Melon Aphids/Leaf 20 20 Whitefly Eggs and Nymphs/Plant 0 0 3 DAT 15 DAT 25 DAT 32 DAT 7 DAT 10 DAT 17 DAT 31 DAT

Ventigra Insecticide Kontos Endeavor Untreated Ventigra Insecticide Tristar Untreated

Chrysanthemum. Pre Counts = 153 aphids/leaf. Single application Aug. 26, 2014-Capsil 0.05% v/v with all Poinsettia var. ‘Prestige Red’. Two applications Oct. 13 and 20th, 2017 – Capsil 6 fl oz/100gal with all treatments. Buzz Uber, Crop Inspection Services, Valley Center, CA. Use rates: Ventigra Insecticide 1.4 fl treatments. Buzz Uber, Crop Inspection Services, Valley Center, CA. Use rates: Ventigra Insecticide 7 fl oz, Kontos 3.3 fl oz, and Endeavor 5 oz. oz/100gal, Tristar 8.5 fl oz/100gal.

Medeira Mealybug Nymph (Phenacoccus madeirensis) Control on Coleus

35

30

25

20

15

10 Mealybug Nymphs/Leaf 5 0 Aphid Whitefly Mealybug 7 DAT 21 DAT 30 DAT

Ventigra Zylam Altus Untreated

Coleus var. ‘Crimson Gold’. Per counts = 3.0 nymphs/plant. Two Applications Aug. 29 and Sept. 12, 2018. Dr. JC Chong, Clemson University, Florence, SC. Use rates: Ventigra 6.8 fl ozs/100gal, Zylam 14.6 fl oz/100gal, Altus 14 fl ozs/100gal.

Mode of Action

Ventigra Insecticide is a novel member of a group of insecticides known as chordotonal organ TRPV channel modulators and has been classified asthe only member of the new mode of action subgroup 9D. Ventigra Insecticide selectively binds to the TRPV ion channels, causing them to open and generate continuous chordotonal nerve signals independent of joint movement. This false stretch signaling makes it impossible for the brain to detect sound, gravity or the position or movement of body parts. Deaf, disoriented and uncoordinated, insects treated with Ventigra Insecticide rapidly cease feeding and die from dehydration and starvation. Chordotonal Organs in Insects

Antennae Chordotonal organs (left), present throughout the insect’s React to: body, are biological stretch receptors that span joints • Air motion and provide insects with their senses of hearing, gravity • Gravity • Sound perception and body movement and position. Ventigra Insecticide disrupts the signaling from these receptors Joints causing disoriented, uncoordinated insects that rapidly React to: stop feeding. • Muscle contraction • Movement

Locations of chordotonal organs

Favorable Environmental Profile and Low Toxicity to Beneficials

Ventigra Insecticide meets the high regulatory standards for modern crop protection compounds featuring low acute toxicity to mammals, fish, birds and important beneficial . Ventigra Insecticide has been shown to exhibit minimal impact on many common beneficial arthropods including predatory mites, parasitoid and pollinators. Ventigra Insecticide is compatible with the following biological control organisms.

Beneficial Insect/Mite Type of Beneficial

Apis melifera Pollinator

Amblyseius swirskii Predatory Mite

Euseius tularensis Predatory Mite

Aphidius colemani Parasitoid

Chrysoperla carnea Insect Predator - Lacewing

Coccinella septempunctata Insect Predator - Lady

Orius insidiosus Insect Predator - Minute Pirate Bug Application Information

Ventigra Insecticide

Active Ingredient Inscalis

Common Name Afidopyropen

0.83lbs of afidopyropen/gal, Formulation formulated as dispersion concentrate (DC)

Signal Word Caution

REI 12 hours

Maximum seasonal use rate per acre per crop season 17 fl ozs

Maximum annual use rate 42 fl ozs per acre per calendar year

Use Sites

Ventigra Insecticide can be used on ornamentals in the following use sites: — Commercial and retail nurseries, field and container — Commercial, public and recreational gardens — Commercial and residential landscapes, including golf courses, parks and recreation areas — Forest tree and conifer nurseries and plantations — Greenhouses, shadehouses and lathhouses — Interiorscapes

Ventigra Insecticide can be used on: — Annual bedding plants — Perennials, herbaceous and woody — Flowering and foliage plants — Woody plants and trees — Juvenile fruit and nut trees, vines, brambles and bushberries grown in commercial ornamental production nurseries. Ventigra Insecticide can be used on vegetable transplants for the home consumer market.

Plant Safety

Ventigra Insecticide has been applied to a wide variety of common ornamental plants without observed plant injury. Because many cultivars within a plant species vary in tolerance to chemical applications and growing conditions, test the product accordingly on a small group of representative plants for tolerance to Ventigra Insecticide before large scale use.

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